When a habit emerges, the brain stops fully participating in decision making. It stops working so hard, or diverts focus to other tasks. So unless you deliberately fight a habit -- unless you find new routines -- the pattern will unfold automatically.
Charles DuhiggCompanies arenโt families. Theyโre battlefields in a civil war. Yet despite this capacity for internecine warfare, most companies roll along relatively peacefully, year after year, because they have routinesโhabitsโthat create truces that allow everyone to set aside their rivalries long enough to get a dayโs work done.
Charles DuhiggThereโs something really powerful about groups and shared experiences. People might be skeptical about their ability to change if theyโre by themselves, but a group will convince them to suspend disbelief. A community creates belief.
Charles Duhigg